A warrant authorized by the Kalamazoo County Prosecutor's Office charges Micah Alan Reece, of Kalamazoo, with three counts of breaking and entering of a motor vehicle causing damage, Prosecutor Jeff Fink said.

Reece was scheduled to be arraigned on the charges today in Kalamazoo County District Court, a court official said.

Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety investigators arrested Reece after conducting covert surveillance that was in response to an increased number of vehicle burglaries in the downtown area. Reece was identified as a suspect through the work of a fingerprint analyst from the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office, police said.

After arresting Reece, Public Safety officers recovered stolen property from a residence where Reece had been living, police said.

Fink said each charge against Reece is punishable by up to five years in prison. While Reece was only charged with three felony counts in connection with the break-ins, Fink said a judge can consider the other vehicle break-ins when sentencing Reece if he is convicted..